Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,655 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.0
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Lime Academy Hartwell
- Pupils on roll
- 121of 120 places
- Free school meals
- 41.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- —
- Ofsted
- Inadequate, 14 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Windmill Hill School (URN 148558, until 1 April 2025).
What the data says
The Department for Education has not published where Lime Academy Hartwell’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Luton and England.
The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Where Lime Academy Hartwell is
Other secondary schools in Luton are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Luton’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Luton
Challney High School for Boys
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94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.7
Challney High School for Girls
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91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.1
Chiltern Academy
Free schools · 1,203 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.5
Denbigh High School
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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
Icknield High School
Academy converter · 1,452 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.